Document Citation: Md. HEALTH-GENERAL Code Ann. § 18-211

Header:
Annotated Code of Maryland
HEALTH - GENERAL
TITLE 18. DISEASE PREVENTION
SUBTITLE 2. REPORTS; PREVENTIVE ACTIONS
PART II. CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES

Date:
08/31/2009

Document:

§ 18-211. Moving infected individuals

(a) Move authorized. -- A health officer may have an individual moved to a suitable place for the reception of the sick if:

(1) A physician certifies that the individual has an infectious disease that endangers public health;

(2) The individual:

(i) Is staying in a room occupied by more than 1 family;

(ii) Is on board a vessel; or

(iii) Otherwise does not have proper housing; and

(3) The administrative head of the place for the reception of the sick consents to the move.

(b) Payment of cost. -- The city or county where the infected individual is found shall pay for the cost of moving the individual.

(c) Prohibited acts. -- A person may not willfully disobey an order or obstruct the carrying out of an order of the health officer to move an individual.